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In reply to the discussion: Do you personally know someone who was killed by a gun? [View all]Mariana
(15,626 posts)48. 3 suicides.
Two of the suicides were high school students in my classes, first a young man who walked out from a party into the woods with a gun and shot himself, then about 6 weeks later his girlfriend shot herself at his grave. The third was a former co-worker who was pretty scary - when he was fired we all wondered if he would come back and shoot the place up, but he shot himself instead.
My dad gave me my grandmother's old pictures, and among them were some pictures of a friend who was shot and killed in 1931.
I know some people who've been shot and survived.
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I've known 5. Three were suicide, one was accidental and one was a drug deal gone bad.
Arkansas Granny
Mar 2021
#4
My aunt had two young sons and she stepped outside and the kids got the gun and started playing
kimbutgar
Mar 2021
#15
A neighbor kid I grew up with was murdered by his father in law (over religious bullshit)
Hassin Bin Sober
Mar 2021
#29
My niece. Her step-grandfather kept a loaded gun in his nightstand drawer. He was angry, got
CTyankee
Mar 2021
#34
I went to high school with a guy that killed his estranged girlfriend and a gas station cashier.
tenderfoot
Mar 2021
#54
Yes, my cousin owned a small convenience store near Charlottesville VA and he has shot to death.
Demsrule86
Mar 2021
#55
I'm 62, live in an area where guns are common and I don't personally know anyone.
Kaleva
Mar 2021
#96
Not personally but I did hear a shooting in my office building about 8 years ago.
Tommy Carcetti
Mar 2021
#101